In this video I discuss a list of all Field Nation providers being posted to Reddit.
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Video Transcript:
My name is Michael with Field Tech Academy and in today’s video, we’re going to be talking about a potential Field Nation leak, what it means to you, and whether it really was a leak or not.
The other day I get on Reddit, somebody has posted that the providers list has been leaked out onto the web. Naturally, I was a little concerned. So Field Nation calls all the technicians providers. A list was leaked and a post was made on Reddit that this list was out there. And I went and downloaded this list out of curiosity.
And sure enough, I scroll through the list and there’s my name and my city and state. So was Field Nation actually hacked? No, according to Field Nation. And when I pulled down that list and looked at it, fortunately it did not have any technicians phone numbers, any personal information like Social Security numbers. But it did have first or last names, city states, things like that.
So there was some information out there. So where did this information come from? Well, this is the official email from Field Nation that explains what happened. Field Nation has buyers. Those are the people that put the tickets on Field Nation. Apparently a buyer got on Field Nation, like they’re authorized to do, and pulled down a provider list. What they’re not authorized to do is to post that list on the internet and someone did.
Now, according to this email, they got their hand slapped, they got suspended from the platform, and Field Nation has reviewed their security footage and they are claiming that no one actually hacked the site. This was a normal usage of their website by a buyer, but it was just an unauthorized usage. You know, the buyers are not allowed to go on there and pull this information and number one and not allowed to go around Field Nation.
And number two, they’re not supposed to post this information out there on the worldwide Web for all to see. So the post has been removed from Reddit. Can’t see it any longer. It doesn’t look like anything genuinely personal was found. Although if you have somebody’s first and last name and their city, state and zip, you can probably find them.
But it’s probably nothing to lose sleep over. But I just wanted you to be aware of what was going on, just in case you had heard rumors of this or found out that this had happened on your own. You’d at least have a clearer picture of what happened in case you didn’t receive this email. I think as far as we can see right now that our data is secure.
Field Nation also claims in this email that they don’t sell our information to other people. If you got value from this video, please like this video and subscribe to the channel. I have a lot of other videos that talk about how to use Field Nation, how to use WorkMarket, and just generally how to understand this third party marketplace and these Field Nation alternative companies where you can get service work and make a living being an independent field tech.
I’ll see you in the next video.